Sessions, Frost ready to rumble - the "No. 1" race in the nation (Texas)

The Dallas Morning News ^ | January 18, 2004 | By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News

[MeekOneGOP]

Go, Pete, go !!! Bu-bye, Frost !

[MeekOneGOP]

Sessions, Frost ready to rumble -
the "No. 1" race in the nation (Texas)

Excerpt:

"He'll be selling his can of goods as a liberal," Mr. Sessions said. "I have a large base here, I believe. I'm confident."

Voters in this district "aren't ideologues. They aren't to the extreme right," Mr. Frost said. They care about improving education, bolstering their public transportation network and ensuring the nation's military is strong, he said.

On these key points, Mr. Frost says he trumps Mr. Sessions. ' record.

Nonsense, said Mr. Barton, who said Mr. Frost's decision to run at all is foolhardy.

"Smart politicians reputed to be intelligent – and Mr. Frost is very intelligent – don't usually do stupid things," said Mr. Barton. "There is no reasonable set of circumstances where he beats Pete. It would take an absolutely cataclysmic political upheaval."

What Mr. Sessions possesses that Mr. Frost doesn't is a positive image in the 32nd District, Mr. Barton said. Too many voters in the district won't vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights, and civil unions among for gays and has a more liberal fiscal philosophy than Mr. Sessions, regardless of his stances on education, transportation and the military, Mr. Barton said.

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[Dog Gone]

The Dallas Morning News can hype this all it wants.

Martin Frost has no chance to survive, make your time.

[MeekOneGOP]

Hey, I agree ! Bu-bye, Frost !

[Dog Gone]

Hey Martin,

[Just mythoughts]

Could "global warming" as claimed by algore, upheave the "frost"?

[deport]

There will be some interesting races this time out because of the realignments.... This race will be the most prominent and get the most attention... But others will feature races between regional sides of a district.... Example, # 2 will pit the Houston area against the East side of the district, Beaumont/Port Arthur.... #11 will pit the Midland/Odessa area versus the northeast side, Brownwood, etc. And then there are the Austin/San Antonio to the Border strips..... It will be interesting.

[MeekOneGOP]

ROFL !! First I've seen that one, I think ! haha !

[MissAmericanPie]

This is so sweet. No more running his door to door campaigners off my front porch, throwing rocks at them, sic'n the dog on them.

[Publius6961]

Silly me. All this time I thought that the ,ost significant race (symbolically) in the nation was to defeat Barbara Boxers, that prototype shrill thinly disguised socialist. that little fish in the big pond who, although ineffective on a national level, reinforced in a big way dirty politics. The politics of personal destruction.

The ppular buzz these days is that she "has" $5 million fr her re-election campaign. My fondest hope is that whichever Republican candidate has the best chance to defeat her can accumulate twice that amount, minimum. It should be no contest, but she has somehow managed to be the stealth socialist behind the scenes way too many years now.

[Dog Gone]

You're right, those will be interesting battles, although they're basically going to occur in the party primaries. I think the only race which might be competitive in November is not the Martin Frost/Pete Sessions battle. It's the Charlie Stenholm/Neguebauerwhatizface matchup.

Even then, Stenholm will be the underdog.

[deport]

#2 will have Democrat Lampson the B/PA local against the Republican out of the Houston area. I would think the Republican will win but it could make for some interesting side play....

[Dog Gone]

It will be interesting, but I'd place heavy money on Judge Poe to win that seat for the Republicans. He was a very popular state district judge in Houston, known for some unusual punishments.

You didn't want to be a defendant in his courtroom.

[MeekOneGOP]

haha !

[deport]

I don't know a thing about any of the six or so candidates.... And I doubt many in the B/PA area do... Moore is sending out a slick two page color flyer already... I guess it's time as there is only some 7 weeks or so to the primary....

[MeekOneGOP]

Man, is she ever all that, so I've heard. My brother, the reformed Democrat (now GOP registered voter) lives in the Sacramento area, and he has no regard for her or Feinstein.

The good thing is that, in Texas, a lot more folks vote Republican than 'RAT. With the new redistricting now cleared for this year's election, we have a great chance to throw the trash out ! haha !

[onyx]

Getting rid of that pompous Martin Frost would be a God send and Pete Sessions looks like the man who can do it.

[Dog Gone]

Clint Moore is trying to make a name for himself, but he's kind of an arrogant sort. You should see his business card. He's turned it into something like a resume, listing previous honors and industry offices he's held. He certainly has a high impression of himself.

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep ! Ralph Hall, a long time East Texas Democrat with an 83 Lifetime ACU rating, recently switched to GOP.

Currently, we are 16-16 GOP/'RAT U.S. Reps after the RH switch. With the new map, we should be able to make that about 21-11 or thereabouts. This new map makes it almost a cinch for the GOP to hold the House and likely pad the numbers. Pinch me, I wanna make sure I'm not dreaming ! lol !

[onyx]

I not only remember the article on Ralph Hall switching to our side, but also a delicious comment by someone from Texas stating something like "redistricting has already worked even before the election."